Device for repairing punctures.



C. B. DRAKE.

DEVICE FOR REPAIRING PUNCTURES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. 191a.

1., 18mg 1 Patented Apia 25, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRKPH 60.. WASHINGTON, n. c.

run earns CHARLES BRITTIAN DRAKE, 0F NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

DEVICE FOR REPAIRING PUNCTURES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr, 225, i916.

Application filed February 9, 1916. Serial No. 77,347.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES B. DRAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Repairing Punctures, of which the following is a specification, reference'being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in devices designed for repairing punctures in pneumatic tubes, primarily of the type commonly known as single-tube bicycle tires, and has for its object the provision of a compact, simple, cheap device adapted to be conveniently carried in the pocket or tool kit.

My improved tool is of what may be termed self-contained character, in that the same comprises a container having therewithin all of the necessary implements or devices to repair a puncture, as will more clearly appear from the specific description hereinafter contained when read in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof.

Prominent features of the device reside in the capability of the container to open to constitute a handle for the tool, the container having rigidly secured thereto an inserting implement for rubber bands adapted to close the puncture; the tool having means cooperating with another device on a part of the container for normally holding the bands in stretched position until they are inserted in the tire; the container having means for holding the parts thereof open to prevent release of the bands, said holding means, when released, permitting the container sections to move in a closing direction to release the bands; the inserting implement having a shank portion form-ed to constitute a reamer to enlarge the aperture or puncture and render the same smooth prior to the introduction of the rubber bands, and having a sharp edge for severing the inserted bands close to the outer surface of the tube or tire; and means in the container for retaining a number of rubber bands in the container and prevent their escape when the container is opened.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tool in closed condition; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the tool open; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the inserting implement, detached, and Figs. 4 and 5 are, re-

spectively, views of the device opened in the former showing the rubber bands in stretched condition prior to the insertion, and in the latter showing the bands released. Referring more specifically to the drawings wherein like characters designate corresponding parts in the several views, A, B, represent like parts or halves of a container hinged together by an end section C, in a manner to permit the halves to close together with the edges of their surrounding flanges, a, b, in contact and secured in closed position by a catch D, hinged to the section A and adapted to be swung around. over the face of the section B.

l/Vithin the section A is an elongated spring finger E upon which a bunch of elastic bands may be strung and be retained in place in the container, whether the latter be open or shut.

Carried by the hinged section C, and proj ecting longitudinally of the container, when either opened or closed, as illustrated, (the latter being the operating position of the container and the former the confining or inclosing position,) I provide an inserting implement F, the same being arranged near one end of the hinged section 0 and either permanently or detachably secured thereto.

The inserting implement is bifurcated at its end and rounded to constitute a point, as indicated at f, whereas the intermediate portion of the shank thereof is squared to con stitute a reamer, the inner edge portion of the shank being formed after the fashion of a knife edge and sharpened for the purpose of severing the bands. On the adjacent side flange of the container section B, I provide a pin G, over which the bands may be fastened at their opposite loop ends when the intermediate portion is passed through the bifurcated end of the inserting implement, as shown. When the bands are in this position, which is their stretched position, prior to insertion, the container sections A and B are held open, back to back, by swinging the catch around to the opposite position illustrated and the container sections will then constitute a sufiieient handle for the device and will prevent escape of the bands being inserted in the tire.

The use of the device will possibly be apparent, but it may be suggested that the container not only carries the inserting tool and the retained rubber bands, but also affords adequate space for a tube of cement or the like, and when the container is in closed position it is practically devoid of objectionable projections and presents a neat or refined appearance.

When necessary to use the implement, the catch is released, the two halves of the container swung open on the hinged section until they are back to back, when the position of the catch is reversed to'hold the sections in this position, as previously mentioned. Thereupon the inserting implement is introduced into the punctured portion of the tire or tube and the reamer portion utilized to somewhat enlarge the aperture, if necessary, and to render the same smooth. Thereupon a sufiicient number of rubber bands are removed from the spring retaining finger and stretched around the bifurcated end of the implement and caught with their opposite ends over the pin provided for that purpose. This stretches the bands and assists in their insertion in the aperture to be plugged, and after applying sufiicient cement to the intermediate portions of the bands they are forced through the tube or casing a suflicient extent to provide a bulge on the inside of the part being repaired when the implement is removed and the bands released, the latter being accomplished by releasing the catch that holds the retainer sections in opened position, which throws the pin and implement into an angular position suflicient to let the bands slip off the pin, as shown. 7 The outwardly projecting ends of the bands are then cut off flush with the tube or casing, through the medium of the knife edge of the implement.

WVhile IV have herein disclosed one specific embodiment of the invention, it will be apparent to persons skilled in the art that said invention is capable of embodiment in other forms and devices as may be comprehended by the hereto appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is v '1. A device of the character described com- I prising hinged sections adapted to be closed to constitute a container or opened back to back to constitute a handle, in combination with an implement adapted to be operated by said handle and to be confined within the container when closed,

, 2. A-d'evice of the character described'comprising hinged sections adapted to be closed to constitute a container'or opened to constitute a handle, in combination with an implement adapted to be operated by said handle and to be confined within the container when closed, in combination with a catch operable to lock-the sections both in open and closed position.

3, A device of the character described comprising a container having sections adapted to be closed to confine an implement, or opened to constitute a handle for said implement, in combination with the implement having an end portion formed to receive a rubber band or hands, and a part on one of the container sections adapted to cocperate with said end of the implement to retain the bands in position.

4. An implement of the character described comprising a squared shank portion adapted to constitute a reamer, a bifurcated end portion for the reception of a rubber band or bands, and a cutting edge portion adapted to sever said bands.

5. An implement of the character de scribed comprising a squared shank portion adapted to constitute a reamer, a bifurcated end portion for the reception of a rubber band or bands, and a cutting edge portion adapted to sever said bands, in combination with a handle for said implement comprising foldable sections adapted in one position to constitute an elongation of said implement and in another position to constitute a container for said implement.

6. A device of the character described comprising an implement and means including foldable sections adapted in one position to project outwardly away from the implement to constitute an elongation of said implement and in a reverse position to constitute a container folded around said implement.

7. A device of the character described comprising an implement and means including foldable sections adapted in one position to project outwardly away from the implement to constitute an elongation of said implement and in a reverse position to constitute a container folded around said implement, in combination with a catch adapted to lock the foldable sections in both ofits said positions.

8. A device of the character described comprising an implement, and a handle therefor including foldable sections adapted in one position to constitute an elongation of said implement and in another position to constitute a container for said implement, one of the foldable sections carrying a pin around which rubber bands may be secured and the implement having an end portion for the reception of said bands, the pin being so related to the end of the implement that they will stretch the bands when the foldable sections are open but will release the bands during the closing movement of the sections.

9. A device of the character described comprising an implement, and a handle therefor including foldable sections adapted in one position to constitute an elongation of said implement and in another position to constitute a container for said implement, and a catch adapted to lock the foldable sections in both of its said positions, one of the foldable sections carrying a pin around Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, I). G.

which rubber bands may be secured and the implement having an end portion for the reception of said bands, the pin being so related to the end of the implement that they will stretch the bands when the foldable sections are open but will release the bands during the closing movement of the sections.

10. A device of the character described comprising reversible sections adapted to be opened back to back to constitute a handle, an implement normally concealed within the container, carried thereby, and when opened projecting from the container as a handle, means on one of the sections co'op erating with the implement to hold a rubber band or bands when being inserted in a puncture, and means in one of the container sections for securing a surplus of rubber bands in place notwithstanding the opening of the container sections.

11. A self-contained tire repair implement comprising a container of hinged sections, a hinge section therebetween, means for holding the container in a normally closed condition, an implement carried by the hinge section adapted to be normally swung into confined position in the container but to be projected outwardly to point in an opposite direction therefrom when the container is opened.

12. A self-contained tire repair implement comprising a container of hinged sections, a hinge section therebetween, means for holding the container in a normally closed condition, an implement carried by the hinge section adapted to be normally swung into confined position in the container but to be projected outwardly therefrom when the container is opened, in combination with a cooperating pin carried by one of the container sections disposed in operative relation to the implement.

13. A self-contained tire repair implement comprising a container of hinged sections, a hinge section therebetween, means for holding the container in a normally closed condition, an implement carried by the hinge section adapted to be normally swung into confined position in the container but to be projected outwardly therefrom when the container is opened, in combination with a spring finger for retaining rubber bands in one of the container sections notwithstanding the opening of the container, said finger being disalined with the implement when the latter is in its confined position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES BRITTIAN DRAKE.

Witnesses:

D. B. FEARING, S. Annnsnonr.

"Commissioner of Patents, 

